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VIDEO: New Report Offers Good News to N.C. Charter School Supporters

RALEIGH — A new University of Arkansas report finds that public charter schools are more productive than traditional public schools in each of the more than 20 states studied, including North Carolina. Titled “The Productivity of Public Charter Schools,” the report documents that students gained an average of 17 additional points in math and 16 points in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress for every $1,000 invested.

CJ Staff

Opinion

Education Establishment Runs From Its Own Customers

Those tied to traditional district-run public schools go out of their way to oppose innovations outside their control.

Donna Martinez

Opinion

Charter Critics Create Cynics

RALEIGH -- State government leaders appear to be going out of their way to hurt North Carolina's public charter schools.

Terry Stoops

News

Contradictions in State Law Muddle Charter School Diversity Debate

RALEIGH — It's impossible for North Carolina's public charter schools to pursue racial and ethnic enrollment targets, thanks to conflicting sections of state law. That's the key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.

CJ Staff

News

Charter Schools, Local Boards Spar Over Funding

RALEIGH — Charter school administrators say the state is offering little to no assistance in helping receive money owed to them by local school boards. Although school administrators want help from the state Charter Schools Office, Paul LeSieur, director of school business services for the state, says the office is limited in its ability to pressure local school districts.

Lee Raynor

News

Friday Interview: Charter School Controversy

RALEIGH — Despite the fact that North Carolina’s nearly 100 charter schools are public schools, tension is mounting between some of the charters and their counterparts in the traditional public school districts. At the heart of the tug of war are money and independence. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation director of education studies, discussed the issue with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.

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New N.C. Charter School Standards Would Close More Than 150 Traditional Schools

RALEIGH — School districts across North Carolina would be forced to close more than 150 traditional schools, if the State Board of Education extended new charter school performance standards to all public schools. That's the conclusion the John Locke Foundation's top education expert reaches in a new Spotlight report.

CJ Staff

Opinion

The Cloud Minders

North Carolina’s statutory cap of 100 charter schools is going to disappear sooner or later.

John Hood

News

State Cap on Charter Schools Could Endanger Stimulus Funding

RALEIGH — When Gov. Beverly Perdue was elected last November, champions of school choice steeled themselves for a long four years. “I don’t support removing the cap on charter schools,” Perdue told Carolina Journal in December, reiterating her support for phasing out underperforming charter schools before new ones are brought online.

Colleen Calvani

News

Charter School Group Focuses on Achievement Gaps

CHARLOTTE — It’s hurry up and waitlist at many of the 97 charter schools located throughout North Carolina. Three of the five elementary/middle charter schools in the state currently partnered with National Heritage Academies, based out of Grand Rapids, Mich., are no exception.

Karen Welsh

News

Will Obama Make a Difference in Support for Charters?

RALEIGH — Legislators and education bureaucrats who have refused adamantly to consider increasing or removing the 100-school cap on charter schools have pressure from a new charter school advocate to deal with: President Barack Obama.

Karen Welsh

Opinion